Kasiguranin

Kasiguranin
Native to	Philippines
Region	Aurora, Luzon
Native speakers	(10,000 cited 1975)[1]
Language family	Austronesian Malayo-Polynesian Philippine Greater Central Philippine Central Philippine Kasiguranin–Tagalog Kasiguranin
Language codes
ISO 639-3	ksn
Glottolog	kasi1256

Kasiguranin (Casiguranin) is a Tagalogic language that is indigenous to the Casiguran town of Aurora in the northern Philippines. It is descended from an early Tagalog dialect (i.e. particularly Tayabas dialect of Quezon) that had borrowed heavily from Northeastern Luzon Agta languages (particularly Casiguran Dumagat Agta and Paranan Agta languages), and, to a lesser extent, from Ilocano (the dominant native language of north Aurora), Bikol languages, Kapampangan, Gaddang, Itawis, Ibanag, and Paranan, which were spoken by settlers from other parts of the Philippines.^[2]

Dilasag, Dinapigue, Maconacon, and Divilacan are primarily Ilocano-speaking towns just to the north of Casiguran.^[3] Dinalungan, Dipaculao, and Maria Aurora are the other primarily Ilocano-speaking towns just south of Casiguran.

Kasiguranin speakers speak Ilocano & Tagalog as additional languages, as they are the dominant languages of Aurora.

References

1. Kasiguranin at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
2. Robinson, Laura C.; Lobel, Jason William (2013). "The Northeastern Luzon Subgroup of Philippine Languages". Oceanic Linguistics. 52 (1): 129. doi:10.1353/ol.2013.0007. JSTOR 43286764. S2CID 143927521.
3. Northeastern Luzon Subgroup of Philippine languages